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Japan will import 1500 tonnes of feed-quality wheat for livestock use via a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction that closed late on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). ( read original story ...)

Ahead of the Olympics, the United States will play a high level friendly against Japan in Kansas City. It's the first time that United States soccer will take part in the Olympics since 2008, but Marko Mitrovic is left with tough decisions since his squad can only be eight players for the tournament. ( read ...

Naomi Osaka says she feels “like a newbie” on grass again and wants to continue to show the level that saw her push Iga Swiatek to the limit at the French Open. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would run for a third straight term as leader of the Japanese capital, setting up an unprecedented race between two women for one of the highest-profile positions ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan - U.S. Forces Japan pushed back on claims in local media of possible water contamination at its home base in western Tokyo as “inaccurate” and “regrettable.” A June 9 report by ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Advantest said on Wednesday booming demand for high bandwidth memory (HBM) used for artificial intelligence (AI) tasks is boosting its memory tester business. HBM, a type of high performance ... ( read original story ...)

The headset will start at its highest asking price in China, where it will host apps from local developers, including Chinese tech giants like Tencent and ByteDance. The entrance into international ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale inflation jumped in May at the fastest annual pace in nine months, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the weak yen was adding upward pressure on prices by pushing up the cost of raw ... ( read original story ...)

Shota Fujio converted a penalty kick in the sixth minute, Mao Hosoya added a goal in the 69th and Japan beat the United States 2-0 in an under-23 game, the Americans’ last warmup ahead of the Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

Years after having a major impact on the court as a mom, Kim Clijsters has spoken about the recent struggles of the newly-turned mother, Naomi Osaka. Like Clijsters, Osaka made a comeback to tennis months after welcoming her first child. After giving birth ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's wholesale prices in May rose 2.4% from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual increase in nine months, central bank data showed on Wednesday. The rise in the corporate goods price index ... ( read original story ...)

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel spoke as Japan and the U.S. held their first talks to accelerate military industrial cooperation, two months after an April agreement between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka overcame her Iga Swiatek disappointment with a straight-sets victory over Elise Mertens at the Libema Open. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka had on Tuesday logged her first win on grass in over five years at the 2024 Libema Open. The Japanese player, who had received a wildcard into the main draw, ousted fourth seed Elise ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Vice” creator and executive producer J.T. Rogers had a two-season story mapped out from the beginning, so much so that he had to make sure that the first season of the Max drama seeded the ... ( read original story ...)

Jason Carroll and crew of his MOD70 trimaran Argo took on the Honolulu to Yokohama passage record and it was one for the books. ( read original story ...)